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Gregg Bell joined The News Tribune in July 2014. Bell had been the director of writing for the University of Washington's athletic department for four years. He was the senior national sports writer in Seattle for The Associated Press from 2005-10, covering the Seahawks in their first Super Bowl season and beyond. He's also been The Sacramento Bee's beat writer on the Oakland Athletics and Raiders. The native of Steubenville, Ohio, is a 1993 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and a 2000 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.

The 49ers aren’t running away with the turnover differential like last year. That will be the difference Thursday with regards to who wins, imo.
I think we will be around +10 in that categorie before seasons end.

Being a diehard Seahawk fan in Alaska…they really snowed on the Patriots parade this past weekend. An amazing game and Russell Wilson looked awesome. It was nice to see PC open the game up. But playing from behind, he had no other choice.

Now on to a divisional game…SF can be had…even in SF…it will be a low scoring game with the defense of both sides…What the Hawks really need is a split in the next two games…Two would be awesome…but…one would serve the purpose. Being at least 5-3 is huge half way through this schedule.

I find the way this schedule is playing out works towards the Hawks advantage…can anyone beat the 12th man and homefield advantage. Considering that the Hawks play all their divisional teams at home the 2nd half of the season…ADVANTAGE SEAHAWKS!

I personally think the 49ers offense is nothing special. I expect to see Smith on his back numerous times Thurs. It will be interesting to see if the 49ers can run on this stingy Hawk running defense! If they can stop the run…open the flood gates for the Defensive line to become a sack machine!

Bring on the turnovers! Big game on National TV to showcase what this team and their rookie QB is all about! Go Hawks!

With the 49ers not getting the turnover differential this year like they did last year, and their specially teams not doing as well as last year, this could be a huge win for us. Especially being one up on them with all the remaining division games at home.

Two things stand out to me. First, the Giants beat the Niners defense with an offensive attack that balanced run and pass. Second, the Giants took away the Niners ability to run first, and then took away Vernon Davis, at which point Alex Smith was out on a limb. We can do that to them again on Thursday.
Go Seahawks!

One thing the Seattle defense has shown is an ability to get their hands on the ball–echoing Duke’s earlier comment. They are going to have to hang on to those this week because Vernon Davis is the frickin’ truth and he occupies the only soft spot the hawks have shown.

The SF O-line shuffle may help, but these are professionals, now boys. Nothing will be easy, and Gore will challenge their tackling ability. I think this is the NFL game of the week. Just a heavy weight fight in uniform.

To go 0-3 in the div. would be bad. Hawks gotta get up for this one. Personally I am under extreme pressure this week having lost the bet last year for this game to my sister. Yes….My sister! A fair weathered SF fan at best. I am doubling the bet this year and will guarantee the win for this blog. SF’s national name is on the line so they will be up for the game. But with their newfound double edge on offense (passing and run games), And ass kicking defense (all facets), the hawks will emerge victorious. That, and when they see they are ranked 9th on nfl networks power rankings below GB and NE the will be pissed. Go Hawks!

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